Bhagavad-gītā 1.29
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सीदन्ति मम गात्राणि मुखं च परिशुष्यति। वेपथुश्च शरीरे मे रोमहर्षश्च जायते।।1.29।।
sīdanti mama gātrāṇi mukhaṁ cha pariśhuṣhyati vepathuśh cha śharīre me roma-harṣhaśh cha jāyate
My limbs are failing me, my throat is parched, my body is trembling, and my hair is standing on end.
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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Read across once, then cover the meanings and recover them from the Sanskrit forms.
| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| sīdanti | quivering |
| mama | my |
| gātrāṇi | limbs |
| mukham | mouth |
| cha | and |
| pariśhuṣhyati | is drying up vepathuḥ:shuddering |
| cha | and |
| śharīre | on the body |
| me | my |
| roma-harṣhaḥ | standing of bodily hair on end |
| cha | also |
| jāyate | is happening |
My limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my body quivers, and my hair stands on end.
Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Map the battlefield, speakers, relationships and Arjuna’s reasons before reading later answers backward into the crisis.
Three named reading witnesses
Śaṅkara edition witness
Swami GambiranandaAnd there is trembling in my body, and my hair stands on end; the Gandiva (bow) slips from my hand and my skin burns intensely.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaMy limbs have weakened, my mouth has become parched, my body is trembling, and my hairs are standing on end.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaMy limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my body quivers, and my hair stands on end.
These are concise, attributed reading witnesses from identified editions. They are presented for comparison and are not merged into one anonymous interpretation.
Meaning map
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- 1
My limbs are failing me, my throat is parched, my body is trembling
- 2
my hair is standing on end
- 3
sīdanti: quivering
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